"months. Cunanan even used his own name to pawn a stolen item, despite knowing that police routinely review pawn shop records. On 15 July 1997, Cunanan murdered Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, by shooting him twice on the front stairway of his Miami Beach mansion Casa Casuarina. A witness attempted to pursue Cunanan, but was unable to catch up to him. Responding police found Reese's stolen vehicle parked in a nearby garage, loaded with Cunanan's clothes, a Sealand passport, and clipped newspaper reports of Cunanan's murders. In the upstairs bedroom of a Miami Beach houseboat on 23 July 1997, eight"
"met. Versace was Cunanan's fifth and final victim. Police have said they do not know why Versace was killed. ""I don't know that we are ever going to know the answers,"" said Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Barreto. Versace's body was cremated and his ashes returned to the family's estate near Cernobbio, Italy, and buried in the family vault at Moltrasio cemetery near Lake Como. Versace's funeral service, held at Milan Cathedral, was attended by over 2,000 people, including Diana, Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car accident just over a month later. In September 1997, the media"
"was murdered by firearm outside his Miami Beach mansion Casa Casuarina at the age of 50 by spree killer Andrew Cunanan. Giovanni Maria Versace was born in the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy on 2 December 1946, and grew up with his elder brother Santo Versace and younger sister Donatella Versace, along with their father and dressmaker mother, Francesca. An older sister, Tina, died at age 12 due to an improperly treated tetanus infection. Versace was strongly influenced by ancient Greek history, which dominates the historical landscape of his birthplace. He attended Liceo Classico Tommaso Campanella, where he studied Latin"
"designer for the company, having become head designer for Istante and Versus Sport. Versace's will left D'Amico with a lifelong pension of 50million lire (about ) per month, and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States. However, due to the Versace family's interference he only obtained a fraction of these allowances. D'Amico now runs his own fashion company. Versace was known for doting on his nieces and nephews: Santo's two children, Francesca and Antonio, and Donatella's two children, Allegra and Daniel. Versace was shot and killed on 15 July 1997, at the"
"age of 50, on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion as he returned from a morning walk on Ocean Drive. He was subsequently pronounced dead at Jackson Memorial Hospital, at 9:21 a.m. Usually, Versace would have an assistant walk from his home to the coffee shop to get his morning papers, but on this occasion he decided to go in person. Versace was murdered by spree killer Andrew Cunanan, who used the same gun to commit suicide on a houseboat eight days later. Cunanan was obsessed with the designer, and often bragged about his close ""friendship"" with Versace, although"
"""It was a lavish place, the living room done in Versace prints, but it was also a beautiful and feminine home."" Donatella was at the time into drugs and a heavy smoker. Her brother Gianni Versace was murdered on 15 July 1997, outside the re-constructed Casa Casuarina, also known as Versace Mansion, in Miami, Florida. In the aftermath of the highly publicized crime and manhunt, most of the Versace family, including Donatella, moved temporarily to a secluded private resort in the Caribbean. Donatella's daughter Allegra inherited 50% of Versace's entire stock after Gianni's death. She is a patron of the"
"Como. On July 15, 1997, Versace was shot dead in front of this house by Andrew Cunanan. The mansion was purchased by Peter Loftin for $19 million in 2000; he renovated the property to be used as a boutique hotel, restaurant and luxury event space. The restaurant was Il Sole at The Villa Casa Casuarina. The mansion was bought by VM South Beach, LLC for $41.5 million in 2013. Since 2015, the Villa Casa Casuarina has been a luxury hotel with 10 unique suites and the renowned gourmet restaurant Gianni's. Casa Casuarina The Villa, Casa Casuarina, also known as Versace"
"Casa Casuarina The Villa, Casa Casuarina, also known as Versace Mansion, is an American property built in 1930, renowned for being owned by Italian fashion impresario Gianni Versace from 1992 until his death, located on Ocean Drive in the Miami Beach Architectural District, Florida. Since 2015, it has operated as a luxury hotel known as The Villa, Casa Casuarina. The Villa Casa Casuarina was built in 1930 in Mediterranean Revival style, commissioned by architect Alden Freeman. There is a rumor that during construction a time capsule was hidden in one of the walls. Freeman said the structure was modeled on"
"Gianni Versace Giovanni Maria ""Gianni"" Versace (; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Versace, an international fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings, and clothes. He also designed costumes for theatre and films. As a friend of Eric Clapton, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naomi Campbell, Duran Duran, Madonna, Elton John, Cher, Sting, Tupac and many other celebrities, he was one of the first designers to link fashion to the music world. He and his partner Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene. On 15 July 1997, Versace"
"Antonio D'Amico Antonio D'Amico (born 20 January 1959) is an Italian model and fashion designer. D'Amico was born in Mesagne, Province of Brindisi, Italy and later lived in Milan. He was hired as a part-time office administrator for his first job. He met Gianni Versace in 1982, and the couple eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 15 years, until Versace's murder in 1997. During that time, he worked as designer for the Versace Sport line. D'Amico now runs his own fashion design company. Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million lira a month for life,"
"set up his own label, while continuing to work for other houses such as Gucci. He was also wardrobe designer for the 1990 film ""Wild Orchid"". In 1992 Soprani fell out with his Japanese business partner, Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd., who owned 70% of Luciano Soprani SpA. Soprani dissociated himself from the company, whilst seeking to regain use of the trademark. Soprani died of throat cancer in a hospital in Milan, on 23 October 1999. His friend Dilio Ortigoza succeeded him as designer at the company, to be followed by Alessandro Turci in 2002. Studio Soprani was acquired by the"
"murdered by a hitman in Milan in 1995, and his former wife, Patrizia Reggiani, was convicted of hiring his killer. Meanwhile, the new investors promoted the American-educated Domenico De Sole from the position of family attorney to president of Gucci America in 1994 and chief executive in 1995. The company had previously brought in Dawn Mello in 1989 as editor and ready-to-wear designer in order to reestablish its reputation. Well aware of Gucci’s tarnished image and the value of its name brand, Mello hired Tom Ford in 1990 to design a ready-to-wear line. He was promoted to the position of"
"the two logos are not mistakable and do not present any similarities."" Nonetheless, students of the Sufi school have continued their protest. Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017. Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and"
"which Giorgio Armani has personally designed a unique concept featuring furnishings from his Armani/Casa home interiors collection. Armani is an intensely private man, but has publicly identified as bisexual. He had a longstanding relationship with his business partner, the architect Sergio Galeotti, who died of a heart attack in 1985. Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani (; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer of Italian origin, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion"
"1940, Ignacio Antinori was sipping coffee at the Palm Garden Inn in Tampa with a friend and a young female companion. Suddenly, a gunman appeared and fired two shotgun blasts at Antinori, blowing off the back of his head. The gunman was allegedly sent by one of Antinori's dissatisfied customers, the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. Antinori had sent the Outfit a poor quality shipment of narcotics. When the Outfit complained, Antinori refused a refund. At that point, the Outfit put a murder contract on Antinori. Ignacio Antinori Ignacio Antinori (February 17, 1885 – October 23, 1940) was an Italy-born Florida"
"Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017. Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and a member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery. Cavalli enrolled at the local Art Institute, concentrating"
"Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani (; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer of Italian origin, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a personal fortune of $8.1 billion as of 2017. He is credited with pioneering red-carpet fashion. Armani was born in the northern Italian town of Piacenza, where he was raised with his older brother Sergio and younger sister Rosanna by his mother Maria Raimondi and father Ugo Armani (an"
"I get from having fewer toxins in my body is extraordinary."" John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture. He"
"given to the Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch. Most of the external licenses were eliminated in 2003, leaving only the Gianfranco Ferre mainline, Ferre diffusion, and GF Ferre younger/activewear labels. Ferré died on June 17, 2007. The previous Friday, he had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. Ferré was hospitalized at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, where he was pronounced dead a few days later. Gianfranco Ferré Gianfranco Ferré () (15 August 1944 – 17 June 2007) was an Italian fashion designer also known as ""the architect of fashion"" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. Born"
"styles such as thongs from Brazil and Afghan coats. The label popularised camouflage prints and leopard-skin prints before creating the designer jean market with the invention of stretch jeans. The iconic advertising usually featured a woman's buttocks in skin-tight denim, or in one case obscured by pink fluffy handcuffs, whilst the company logo is two cheeky angels modelled after Raphael's cherubs. However, mismanagement of the company led to receivership in 1989 and the brand was subsequently dogged by legal battles over the trademarks. Several relaunches failed to make much impact. Elio Fiorucci was found dead in his Milan home on"
"21 years of the company and the most significant stages in the development of his design. The associated book features details of the working relationships, friendships, photographs and celebrities who espouse the CoSTUME NATIONAL philosophy including Willem Dafoe, Milla Jovovich, Mick Jagger, Hilary Swank, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Cameron Diaz, Shakira, Madonna. Ennio Capasa Ennio Capasa (born in Lecce in 1960) is an Italian fashion designer. He is the creator of CoSTUME NATIONAL, the Italian fashion house he founded in 1986 and now an internationally renowned designer label famous for its subtle shapes, dark tones and sartorial detail. After completing"
"and Francesco Vezzoli. Miuccia Prada Miuccia Bianchi Prada (; born Maria Bianchi ; 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, she took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co. In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art gallery. In March 2013, she was one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by the ""Guardian."" In 2014 she was listed as"
"the early hours of the 13th of April, 1999. He died the following day in Milan. Nicola Trussardi Nicola Trussardi (June 17, 1942 – April 14, 1999) was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur. He took over the Trussardi fashion line in 1970 and built the small glove-maker into an international brand. He also led the restoration of the Marino alla Scala in Milan. The Nicola Trussardi Foundation was named in his honor. Trussardi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. In 1968 Trussardi graduated from the Catholic University of Milan in Commerce and Economics. In 1970, he started working in his"
"John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture. He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and"
"Shortly after Schön's death in 2008, Milan's Palazzo Reale exhibited a retrospective of her work. Schön’s clients included Jacqueline Kennedy, Lee Radziwill, Marella Agnelli, Farah Diba, Imelda Marcos, and Brooke Astor. At Truman Capote's 1966 black-and-white ball, Marella Agnelli was voted the best-dressed guest in a kaftan embroidered by Schön's craftswomen. The third in the best-dressed guest contest was Lee Radziwill in a sequined Schön shift. Mila Schön Mila Schön (September 28, 1916 – September 5, 2008) was an Italian fashion designer. Mila Schön was born Maria Carmen Nutrizio, in Trogir to wealthy Dalmatian Italian aristocratic parents. With the breakup"
"also began collaborating with La Scala making the costumes and the jewelry for its theater productions. Correani used to say ""The day that I die I want to be buried in a red suit and a shirt by Versace."" He also collaborated with Valentino, Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Christian Lacroix among others. Struck by AIDS, Correani died on 18 September 1992 of heart attack in his house in Milan. Ugo Correani Ugo Correani (1935 - 1992) was an Italian fashion designer specializing in accessories and jewelry design. Born in Frascati, at 20 years old Correani moved to Milan to work in"
"in order to greet his dead parents buried at Nizza Monferrato's cemetery in Piedmont. Donato Bilancia Donato ""Walter"" Bilancia, (born July 10, 1951) is an Italian serial killer who murdered 17 people – nine women and eight men – on the Italian Riviera in the period from October 1997 to May 1998. Bilancia's particularly confusional and asymmetrical modus operandi, made him difficult to identify and capture. There were no apparent direct links between majority of murders, he chose most of his victims by random and killed them using a .38 Special revolver, proving to be a real scourge in a"
"Donato Bilancia Donato ""Walter"" Bilancia, (born July 10, 1951) is an Italian serial killer who murdered 17 people – nine women and eight men – on the Italian Riviera in the period from October 1997 to May 1998. Bilancia's particularly confusional and asymmetrical modus operandi, made him difficult to identify and capture. There were no apparent direct links between majority of murders, he chose most of his victims by random and killed them using a .38 Special revolver, proving to be a real scourge in a vast area of Northern Italy and becoming synonym of terror and fear among the"
"Miuccia Prada Miuccia Bianchi Prada (; born Maria Bianchi ; 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, she took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co. In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art gallery. In March 2013, she was one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by the ""Guardian."" In 2014 she was listed as the 75th most"
"the Cunanan spree, and included appearances by Miglin, portrayed by Mike Farrell. This account was based on ""Vulgar Favors: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"" by Maureen Orth, who asserted that Miglin was a secret homosexual who had a relationship with Cunanan, a homosexual prostitute. Lee Miglin Lee Albert Miglin (July 12, 1924 – May 4, 1997) was an American real estate developer, business tycoon, and philanthropist. He was murdered in 1997 by the spree killer Andrew Cunanan. Miglin was one of eight children born to a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent; his father was a central Illinois coal miner."
"they began to design contemporary furniture distinct from the spare or historical aesthetics popular in the late 1980s. Savarese and his wife designed pieces that reinterpreted classical styles and used vibrant colors. The couple's designs were praised at the first International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. They began producing furniture at a factory in The Bronx and opened a retail store on Broome Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. That store, Dialogica, was one of the first retailers in SoHo to feature contemporary furniture designs. The store later expanded to Los Angeles. Savarese, a pilot, was killed in the"
"gardener Roy Strong created the gardens of the villa for Versace. Strong also worked on the grounds of Versace's house in Miami, the Casa Casuarina. Since the death of Versace in 1997, however, only American singer Jennifer Lopez and her husband Chris Judd were known to have visited, having spent their honeymoon there in 2001. Otherwise the property was a largely lifeless temple to Gianni Versace, and his taste for the adolescent male body. The estate is now owned by Russian millionaire restaurateur who bought it for 33 million Euros in early 2008 and retained Milanese architect Claudio Pozza to"
"Elsa Schiaparelli Elsa Schiaparelli ( ; ; 1890–1973) was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists like her collaborators Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau. Her clients included the heiress Daisy Fellowes and actress Mae West. Schiaparelli did not adapt to the changes in fashion following World War II and her couture house closed in 1954. Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli was born at the Palazzo Corsini, Rome. Her mother, Maria-Luisa,"